Great White Sharks - individual, misunderstood and life changing | Dan Abbott | TEDxFolkestone

[@kyled1673]

Fun fact: The great white was around when the Megalodon was alive.

[@HydroKestrel]

It's actually one of the reason it's extinct: The great white was way better at surviving and hunting and they didn't need to eat as much as the Megalodon

[@sootsta1]

Great Tedtalk Dan!!!! Heres hoping it educates people.

[@Sharkman_Dan]

Thanks!

[@rebekahlamplough1177]

Never thought sharks would have individual personalities - amazing stuff!!

[@32446]

This was noted in the 1970’s by Valerie Taylor

[@ninajasmin48]

Thank you very much. Amazing talk It's so important that we, who have met sharks and see how beautiful, gentle and fascinating they are, are talking about them, their behavior and how important they are for the ocean and us all

[@Schubysnax]

I'd like to see the media stop reporting shark "attacks" and start calling them "bites" instead 🦈

[@Sharkman_Dan]

100%

[@Gidgetwaterbear000]

I felt such a desire,( not that I would do so impulsively, but just being honest)... to pet Trix's snout. Her curiosity is so endearing! I have always been so in awe of these magnificent creatures.

[@Gidgetwaterbear000]

and that birthmark on Sweetheart!!!💙

[@jd606]

Dan, amazing talk!. I've loved sharks ever since my mum let me watch Jaws at the age of 7😬♥️. I cried at the end because the shark was killed.....now older I'm still SO passionate about them and they remain my most favourite animal on the planet. Great talk, thank you.

[@Sharkman_Dan]

Love that!

[@carolinestrachan5906]

One of the best TED talks I've seen. I feel educated, thanks Dan, an idea worth spreading :-)

[@triyan599]

This deserves more views than stand up comedies :(

[@TimBoxMindCoach]

Great talk, Dan. Loads of stuff I didn’t know. Also, so impressed by your own story and your determination to make sharks part of your career path.

[@debbiejohnson5440]

This is just Beautiful since I was a little girl sharks have always fascinated me.

[@Sharkman_Dan]

Awesome!

[@robanderson72]

What a really informative talk that challenged my perceptions of sharks. Well worth my time listening to it.

[@beza007-M6]

Great talk! So passionate and informative! I loooove sharks!

[@Mileka1111]

That was so beautifully done! 👏🏼👏🏼 Thank you for sharing this incredible perspective of these majestic creatures 🦈

[@lalatigers4166]

What a fascinating and entertaining talk, I'd never even considered this perspective before. Awesome.

[@MasseuseMassageChairs]

Wow! Great video!

[@Sharkman_Dan]

Thanks!

[@FlourishingIntroverts]

Such a good talk! It's completely changed my thinking about sharks.

[@Jkobe2345]

Decided to start overcoming my fear of sharks and marine life in general and this was a great video to start. Always good to get the other side of the story to create empathy. So if I ever crash land in the water from a plane I'll know that if a shark wants to kill me it will come from below at 30mph lol.

[@LuxeLifeBizJulia]

So informative!

[@cherontippettcherontippett9579]

Awsome info, great person

[@Sharkman_Dan]

Appreciate it

[@AlexSmith-tz8qk]

Who would have thought great whites could be so....cute?

[@katerina.johnson]

Guys, Jaws was just mouthing... why were you all so scared?!

[@triyan599]

30 million subscribers and just 177 likes and 5k views to this tells us where we’re headed as a society 😔

[@surprisealabi9596]

Ok so when we see shark we should just be like hello 👋

[@Sharkman_Dan]

Depends on the shark ;)

[@kelvingivens1629]

A Ted talk that wasn't full of cliches

[@ThePirateKing57]

Great talk but white sharks breeching attack method is not used by whites in all locations. The white sharks on the East Coast of the US do not breech when taking seals.

[@Sharkman_Dan]

You're right, hunting behaviour is different depending on location and prey items. However, in places where sharks rarely breach when hunting, it still happens from time to time (like in AUS, West coast, even the East coast.

[@mistax4393]

Can‘t understand the dislikes..!

[@johannesgrell4356]

The problem is that it comes accross as a bit preachy and plays into the stereotype of environmentalists caring only about animals and not about humans.

[@johannesgrell4356]

@T H No offense but you are overrated. You should be more humble and thoughtful.

[@johannesgrell4356]

Informative talk but the fact that they're just mouthing doesn't help the people who lose limbs. If you were cynical you could even argue that it makes those injuries more unnescessary since the shark doesn't even get any nutritional value out of it. This talk, while good, seems like the opposite extreme to the horrible media narrative regarding sharks. It gives off the impression of someone so fascinated by these animals that he forgets to care about humans which plays into preconceived notions and stereotypes people have about environmentalists. The 'they're just mouthing' argument seems like the shark equivalent to the dog who didn't 'mean it' when it bit you and most people will take a dead shark over an injured person.

[@johannesgrell4356]

@T H Just pointing out the facts ;)

[@haydentrudgill]

It annoying when people compare shark attacks to toasters or dog attacks and plane crashes. Of course they are higher, most people are exposed to them. Thousands of people fly everyday, hours and hours of exposure to our dogs and most people use toasters every morning. Not everyone is swimming in shark infested waters.

[@Elasmobranchali]

Around 350 million people travel to tropical locations and swim in waters where sharks inhabit each year, and that travel alone, not including all the swimming/surfing/diving people do on a local scale. Which makes these statistical comparisons to toasters etc completely justifiable. Also, shark infested is a terrible use of that word, the ocean is their home, they live there, they don't "infest" them.